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By Jen DiMascio
Less than one week after the U.S. State Department approved the sale of 18 Boeing Super Hornets to Canada, the Canadian prime minister said he will refuse to do business with the Chicago-based aerospace company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Development and certification delays mean that the aerial refueling tankers are now piling up at Boeing's widebody aircraft factory in Everett, Washington.
Defense and Space

The future of battle management may not include the J-Stars recapitalization program, according to the head of Air Combat Command.
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By Tony Osborne
Striker 2 helmet could bring augmented reality into the Typhoon cockpit.
Defense and Space

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has brushed off concerns about the U.S. Air Force’s review of the J-Stars Recapitalization program.
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The U.S. Air Force is looking into a “light”—or low-cost—alternative to current ISR capabilities to accompany a potential future light attack fleet into low-threat environments.
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Boeing and Saab say 90% of their clean-sheet BTX aircraft would be made in the U.S. if it is selected for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X Advanced Pilot Training program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The U.S. Air Force is making changes to F-35 flight equipment to make breathing easier for pilots.
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Boeing has stepped up its campaign to capture the U.S. Air Force’s 84-helicopter UH-1N Huey replacement program.
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By Michael Bruno
Northrop Grumman will buy Orbital ATK for $9.2 billion, the companies announced early Sept. 18.
Space

Pratt & Whitney has completed a key step in the development of next-generation fighter propulsion technology.
Program Management

Raytheon has proposed an expeditionary version of the U.S. Navy’s GPS-based Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (Jpals).
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Watch as Aviation Week's Lara Seligman joins Thunderbird No. 7 Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, a career F-16 pilot, as he runs through the Thunderbirds’ best-known maneuvers one by one in the skies over the eastern U.S.
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Peter Huessy
The U.S. is ignoring China’s role on the peninsula at its own peril.
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By Tony Osborne
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, signed the deal in Doha on Sept 17.
Defense and Space

The president is expected to renew his commitment to building a stronger combat air fleet, as promised during his election campaign in 2016.
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By Michael Bruno
Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, near the Air Force Academy, Doss offers curriculum coursework and flight training for both fixed-wing and unmanned aircraft pilots and weapons officers.
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U.S. Air Force may consider survivability when evaluating special missions platforms, which could hurt the chances of commercial and business jet derivatives.
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Boeing, Leonardo DRS and Lockheed are the final contenders for the Air Force’s $16 billion T-X competition, ahead of a down-select this fall.
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Air Force Lt. Col. Jeremy Renken’s downing of an armed UAV over Syria in June signaled pro-regime forces that the U.S. will not fail to act in self defense.
Aircraft & Propulsion

U.S Air Force is looking for a new aggressor aircraft to replace the 50-year-old T-38 currently flying mock aerial combat against the F-22 and F-35.
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The U.S. Air Force’s largest nuclear cruise missile program since the Cold War can proceed unencumbered, with Boeing deciding not to protest the service’s Aug. 23 awards to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.
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By Michael Bruno
Senate Democrats want to beef up so-called Buy American laws and regulations.
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Just months before the U.S. Air Force is slated to choose an industry team to begin developing a new aircraft to replace its existing battlefield command-and-control and surveillance fleet, the service appears to be considering scrapping the program altogether.
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By Guy Norris
A Sept. 5 accident at the Nevada Test and Training Range that killed a U.S. Air Force test pilot appears to have involved a foreign aircraft type operated by the service’s secretive Red Hat unit.
Defense and Space